The use of unclaimed bodies in medical schools was legalized in the 1800s as an attempt to stop grave robbing, where ...

U.S. Reps Veasey and Crockett are asking medical examiners in Dallas and Tarrant counties for more information on unclaimed ...

Two members of Congress have asked about restitution for families who were not notified of the deaths of their loved ones.

Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Marc Veasey expressed “grave concerns” in response to an NBC News investigation into the ...

Mobile freezer units were built in the underground parking garage of the Health Sciences Centre to store unclaimed bodies in ...

Tarrant County will take additional steps to find the families of dead people and honor their religious beliefs following an ...

The management’s deadline, effective from Tuesday, Nov. 5, allows until Nov. 19 for retrieval. Any unclaimed bodies after this period, she stated, will be cleared and disposed of to safeguard public ...

There’s a sense of responsibility when you work with a donated body,” Alwani said. “It’s a reminder that these were people who made the choice to help others learn and grow.” ...

The vulnerable, distressed, and disadvantaged served by Oklahoma counties have to turn to other providers after lawmakers ...

In these cases, unclaimed bodies are sometimes sent to and accepted by medical schools, but several experts in the field object to the practice, raising ethical concerns that these people never ...

This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. A Texas county that for years gave unclaimed bodies to a local medical ...